Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-07-13

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 13
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
803 head
▼ 123 vs last sale 926▲ 803 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 134▲ 131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
154 head
▼ 177 vs last sale 331▲ 154 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3-6 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2-4 lower.

Grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.79/cwt on 138 head.
Average price
$129.79
138 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$738
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.83
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574129.8874617thin
Medium and Large 1568129.78737121
One grade step is worth $0.11/cwt here — about $9 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale138 hd
129.79
—
MS average13 barns · 1,348 hd
133.62
−3.83
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,37391.511,25614
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18762.1473831
CowsLean 85-90%Average91351.5947124

Every lot

32 lots · USDA AMS · Tadlock Stockyards - Forest, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1423144.32/cwt138.00–150.0061012
Steers—Medium and Large 1454134.59/cwt134.00–140.0061111
Steers—Medium and Large 1523132.48/cwt127.00–137.5069336
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added551130.50/cwt130.50–130.5071910
Steers—Medium and Large 1573129.16/cwt125.00–133.0074026
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607129.00/cwt129.00–129.007837
Steers—Medium and Large 1623126.59/cwt124.00–129.0078910
Steers—Medium and Large 1673123.17/cwt118.00–128.0082910
Steers—Medium and Large 1723116.61/cwt113.00–120.008438
Steers—Medium and Large 1773116.60/cwt113.00–120.009018
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428130.95/cwt129.00–132.005608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469123.26/cwt121.00–126.0057821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515121.00/cwt121.00–121.0062316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523116.69/cwt112.00–121.006108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573116.68/cwt112.00–121.0066918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623114.14/cwt110.00–118.0071112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added653114.00/cwt114.00–114.007445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673110.13/cwt106.00–114.007418
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428133.48/cwt130.00–137.5057113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473129.10/cwt127.00–131.006116
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573119.68/cwt115.00–124.006868
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620117.09/cwt112.00–123.007269
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673108.62/cwt105.00–112.007316
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,22389.14/cwt85.00–92.001,09010
Bulls——1,74897.42/cwt94.00–100.001,7034
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80047.66/cwt45.00–50.0038112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01359.32/cwt56.00–62.0060115
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02555.51/cwt52.00–58.0056912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35064.78/cwt62.00–67.0087516
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,989.13/cwt1,650.00–2,250.0022,87516
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2915850.82/cwt650.00–1,000.007,78510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,176.09/cwt950.00–1,350.0013,52518

This sale against other markets

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.